Christ Came for All People
Christ Came for All People
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:17)
When the Word says that God sent His Son into the world, it is not talking to us merely about the world as geography. It does not just indicate to us that God sent His Son into the Near East, that He sent Him to Bethlehem in Palestine.
He came to Bethlehem, certainly. He did come to that little land that lies between the seas. But this message does not have any geographical or astronomical meaning. It has nothing to do with kilometers and distances and continents and mountains and towns.
What it really means is that God sent His Son into the human race. When it speaks of the world here, it does not mean that God just loved our geography. It does not mean that God so loved the snow-capped mountains or the sun-kissed meadows or the flowing streams or the great peaks of the north.
God may love all of these. I think He does. You cannot read the book of Job or the Psalms without knowing that God is in love with the world He made.